Monument record MLI43588 - Market cross at Wainfleet All Saints

Summary

Market cross at Wainfleet All Saints

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Full Description

PRN 43588 On the north side of the Market Place at Wainfleet All Saints is what is called the butter cross. The base, shaft and weather vane are on 3 steps. {1} A tapered shaft, octagonal in section on a square plinth on a 4 step square base. The shaft is capped by a ball and weather vane, a modern replica of what was probably a 17th or 18th century replacement of the medieval finial. {2} The shaft is of Lincolnshire limestone, nearly 4m high and worn.{6} The base, whole shaft, and knop of the market cross are medieval, it seems; on it is a weathervane. {5} There is a 1 metre boundary around the site that is part of the scheduling. There is a full description in the revised scheduling document 22692. {1} The cross dates to the 15th century with a 19th century ball finial and weathervane. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {8}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WAINFLEET ALL SAINTS. TF 45 NE:11,1964, DA.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1956. AM 7. SAM 147.
  •  Article in Serial: DAVIES, D.S.. 1915. 'Ancient stone crosses in Lindsey and Holland Divisions of Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Notes and Queries. V13,P222.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Allen, Thomas. 1834. The history of the county of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time. V2,P125.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p777.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1986. AM 107. SAM 147.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1995. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22692. MPP 24.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/78.
  •  Report: QuBE Planning Ltd.. 2007. Wainfleet Conservation Area Appraisal. p 8, p 17.

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Grid reference Centred TF 49834 58959 (6m by 8m) Surveyed
Civil Parish WAINFLEET ALL SAINTS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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